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...It was in Pisa that Nairn discovered the work of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci, who died shortly after leaving a Fascist prison in 1937....
...Thompson mode” Martínez has described writing in....
...António Horta-Osório, then chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, took a period of leave in 2011 because of stress-related insomnia....
...In the early months of 2011, the bank took a £3.2bn hit — boss António Horta-Osório’s “best estimate” of the cost of the payment protection insurance scandal. Kitchen sinking, critics said....
...“Gregg Popovich at the San Antonio Spurs. Bill Belichick [at the New England Patriots]. But I’d say less than five per cent of sports clubs are run by this iconic person.”...
...António Horta-Osório, Lloyds’ chief executive, was set to receive £76,139 as part of a final-salary scheme he was awarded when he joined the bank in 2011 in recognition of a pension he gave up when he left...
...Following a protest by Affinity, a staff union, Lloyds Banking Group reduced an annual £74,664 payment that chief executive António Horta-Osório was set to receive on retirement — by £1,464....
...Meanwhile Lloyds said it would reduce António Horta-Osório’s defined benefit pension payments by almost £3,000, but did not change a more lucrative pension arrangement, which was equivalent to a third of...
...The 2017 documentary about influential fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez made for compelling viewing. Subtitled 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco, it captured the era and his supercharged aesthetic with élan....
...You can forget the family (Hunter S Thompson), or take them with you (Little Miss Sunshine). You can escape corporate America (Easy Rider), or try to redeem it (Mark Zuckerberg’s 2017 apology tour)....
...Andy Thompson, chief executive of Quilter’s financial planning business Intrinsic, said: “the impact of high street banks offering financial advice should not be underestimated....
...António Horta-Osório, CEO of Lloyds Banking Group, has become an evangelist for fighting the workplace taboo around mental health....
...The ebullient António likes to make the rounds, breaking off to chat to regulars in between conducting various culinary pyrotechnic displays....
...Tazewell Thompson’s uncluttered direction sustained interest during long da capo arias without gimmickry, and John Conklin’s red and gold set handsomely evoked Roman times....
...“The sanctions are likely to squeeze Russian banks’ liquidity position, leading to tightening credit conditions, interest-rate rises, and weakening profitability of the sector,” said Antonio Timoner-Salva...
...Hall stabilised things, brought in a respected musical director, Sir Antonio Pappano, and restored the finances. By the end he was having “a ball”, he says....
...Completed in 2011, its release was held up repeatedly by copyright battles over Emma Thompson’s screenplay....
...Additional reporting by Tom Braithwaite and Christopher Thompson...
...It also made progress in trimming costs in the quarter, one of the key planks of a programme announced by António Horta-Osório after he took over as chief executive of the bank in 2011....
...The disposals are part of a strategy by António Horta-Osório, Lloyds’ chief executive, to focus on the lender’s core UK retail and commercial bank and shrink its balance sheet....
...Sir Win was joined by António Horta-Osório, the chief executive of Lloyds, who said there was government support for the mutual model but this was only expressed at meetings with officials after the Co-op...
...Both disposals are in line with the strategy of António Horta-Osório, Lloyds chief executive, to focus on the lender’s core UK retail and commercial bank and reduce the size of its balance sheet....
...Lloyds also awarded its chief executive António Horta-Osório a share bonus of £1.7m, which will vest in five years’ time if certain conditions linked to the share price and the sale of the government’s stake...
...The 61p figure was first mentioned in March as the minimum price at which the government must sell its shares before António Horta-Osório, chief executive, can claim his bonus for 2012, which is also deferred...
...Lloyds said the reductions formed part of the cost-saving programme announced by chief executive António Horta-Osório 18 months ago shortly after he took the helm of the bank....
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